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The Directors Guild of America, or the DGA, is a guild that operates to protect the legal rights of directors and their directorial team. Directorial teams may consist of assistant and associate directors, production, location and stage managers, and production associates. The DGA has steadily grown alongside the entertainment industry and currently has over sixteen […]

Zachary Swartz, Emory University It may sound odd, even to those in the field, but board games are patentable. Even one of my intellectual property teachers didn’t believe me when I first told her. But it is true. One of the best ways to protect a board game is to get a patent, but it […]

Ben Edison, Georgia State University College of Law Authors upload content constantly to YouTube. Occasionally, authors and media users may receive a copyright strike. Why might this occur? Copyright protection is provided by law for any work of original authorship fixed in any tangible medium. If one merely doodles at home while talking on the […]

Katherine A. Eppley, Esq., University of Akron School of Law What is a U.S. patent? A patent is a right granted by the U.S. government to the owner of an invention that is useful, novel, non-obvious over the prior art, and otherwise eligible for patent protection. The owner of a U.S. patent may exclude others from practicing […]

Katherine A. Eppley, Esq., University of Akron School of Law Today, trade and consumer protection organizations around the world are celebrating International Anti-Counterfeiting Day as a way to bring awareness to this costly and dangerous practice. For anyone unfamiliar with counterfeiting, a product is counterfeit when it is a fraudulent imitation of a branded product. Imagine a pair […]

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